Amphlett, Sir Richard Paul (1809-1883), judge

1 letter autograph, signed and dated.

1875

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Amphlett, Sir Richard Paul (1809-1883), judge, born in Shropshire. He attended Cambridge University. In 1834, he was called to the bar of Lincoln's Inn. His legal interests were legal education and the reform of bankruptcy law. Amphlett sat in many tax cases. Amphlett suffered partial paralysis following a stroke in 1877. He died in 1883. A full description of his life and work is to be found in the Dictionary of National Biography.